Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science [Hardcover]

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• Contains accessible contributions from some of the most renowned developmental scientists in the field.
  
• Provides basic information on the strengths and challenges inherent in traditional and complex research design.
  
• Discusses successful intervention approaches that have been used to promote intellectual, social, and linguistic development.
  
• Includes cutting-edge research that is forging new and exciting directions in developmental research.
  
• Provides students and scholars with a working understanding of research approaches and issues in the developmental sciences.

List of Contributors viii

Preface xii

Part I Developmental Designs 1

1 Issues in the Use of Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Designs 3
Kelly Robinson Todd Schmidt and Douglas M. Teti

2 Methodological Issues in Aging Research 21
K. Warner Schaie and Grace I. L. Caskie

3 Using Microgenetic Designs to Study Change Processes 40
Manuela Lavelli, Andréa P.F. Pantoja, Hui-Chin Hsu, Daniel Messinger, and Alan Fogel

4 Developmental Science and the Experimental Method 66
Allison Holmes and Douglas M. Teti

5 Quasi-Experimental Designs in Developmental Research: Design and Analysis Considerations 81
Steven C. Pitts, Justin H. Prost, and Jamie J. Winterslc)